Dr. Stephen J. Blank is Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program. He has published over 900 articles and monographs on Soviet/Russian, U.S., Asian, and European military and foreign policies, testified frequently before Congress on Russia, China, and Central Asia, consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency, major think tanks and foundations, chaired major international conferences in the U.S. and in Florence; Prague; and London, and has been a commentator on foreign affairs in the media in the U.S. and abroad. He has also advised major corporations on investing in Russia and is a consultant for the Gerson Lehrmann Group.
Stephen has published or edited 15 books, most recently Russo-Chinese Energy Relations: Politics in Command (London: Global Markets Briefing, 2006). He has also published Natural Allies? Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2005). He is currently completing a book entitled Light From the East: Russia’s Quest for Great Power Status in Asia to be published in 2014 by Ashgate. Dr. Blank is also the author of The Sorcerer as Apprentice: Stalin’s Commissariat of Nationalities (Greenwood, 1994); and the co-editor of The Soviet Military and the Future (Greenwood, 1992).
The Latest from Stephen Blank
Press Briefing: Regional Security Amid Iran-Israel Escalation
Expert Roundtable: Regional Reactions to the Iran-Israel Conflict
Press Briefing: Assessing Israel's Strike on Iran and What Comes Next
Special Briefing: Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear program
The real threat from Iran: Tehran’s most dangerous option for responding to Israel
Press Briefing: Israel Targets Iranian Nuclear Sites as Regional Tensions Rise
Lebanon at a Crossroads: Sovereignty, Hizballah's Disarmament, and the Road to Reform
The ripple effects of US foreign aid cuts to food and water access across North Africa
Building Syria’s new army: Future plans and the challenges ahead
America moves closer to the brink of maximum uncertainty at home and abroad
Don’t trust Erdogan’s "peace process" with the Kurds
Saudi Arabia’s AI ambition, and what it means for the United States